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Wine, Donuts, and Sex

Why won’t I be buying The Sims 3? Because, although I sometimes do act like a
dog who returns to his vomit, I have finally come to peace with the fact that I no longer
have any interest in playing games that require as much effort as my job. So,
sorry, no Sims 3 for me.

This was driven home to me recently when I foolishly started re-playing
Animal Crossing after a hiatus of a few months. I enjoyed putting the town
back together and “improving” it for a few days. Then, I took a vacation. And
when I came back, the prospect of having to do it all over again because I
wasn’t playing on the game’s preferred schedule made me angry.

This feeling of spite has been compounded by the fact that I’ve been playing
(and buying) tons of iPhone games recently, and then also bought a Windows
game for $30.

Here’s the difference between most good iPhone games and the PC game you last
bought:

The iPhone game cost 1/10th the price of the PC game, or less.

The iPhone game was fun within the first minute of playing it. There was no obligatory hour of drudgery to get to the good part.

You probably bought the iPhone game when you were in the grocery store. It came to you. To buy the PC game you either went to a store, went home to your desk, or ordered it from Amazon.